写しゃ真しん乾かん板ぱん

noun

dry plate (photography)

Historical photographic term; a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, used before film. Now mainly encountered in historical or technical contexts.

See also: 乾板

• 19世せい紀きの写しゃ真しん家かは写しゃ真しん乾かん板ぱんを使つかって風ふう景けいを撮さつ影えいした。

  19th-century photographers used dry plates to capture landscapes.